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Richard Anuszkiewicz

American

“I’m interested,” Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020) once said, “in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry.” Anuszkiewicz sought to achieve this romance through works juxtaposing vibrant colors in geometric configurations. The perceptual effects he created helped define the American Op art movement.

Anuszkiewicz studied color theory at Yale under Josef Albers and was greatly influenced by Albers’s approach. “The image in my work has always been determined by what I wanted the color to do,” Anuszkiewicz explained in a 1974 catalogue. “Color function becomes my subject matter, and its performance is my painting.”

He departed from his mentor, however, in the pulsating, illusory qualities he gave his work. One of his most famous paintings, Deep Magenta Square (1978), although similar in composition to Albers’s “Homage to the Square” series, is distinctly Op art in the way the striations surrounding the central square seem to vibrate and jump off the canvas.

Anuszkiewicz spent his entire career exploring optical effects through the manipulation of line and color, producing spectacular and timeless pieces of art. “Working with basic ideas will always be exciting,” he said in 1977. “And if a color or form is visually exciting in any profound sense, it will be that way in 10 or 20 years from now.”

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Creator: Richard Anuszkiewicz
Artist Richard Anuszkiewicz Inward Eye #10 Op-Art Silkscreen Print, 1970, Signed
Artist Richard Anuszkiewicz Inward Eye #10 Op-Art Silkscreen Print, 1970, Signed

Artist Richard Anuszkiewicz Inward Eye #10 Op-Art Silkscreen Print, 1970, Signed

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Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930-2020) Inward Eye #10 from the Inward Eye Series, 1970. Pronounced it ah-noo-SHKEV-ich. Silkscreen 25 19/20 × 19 3/4 inches Edition of 100, #56/100. Acid f...

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Richard Anuszkiewicz Lithograph 32" x 24" Mid Century Modern Abstract Art

Richard Anuszkiewicz Lithograph 32" x 24" Mid Century Modern Abstract Art

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Richard Anuszkiewicz furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of paper and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Richard Anuszkiewicz furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Richard Anuszkiewicz were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 1970s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Steve Kaufman, Larry Rivers, and James Rosenquist. Prices for Richard Anuszkiewicz furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,500 and can go as high as $7,900, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,875.